To Make Matters Worse

While sitting in the locker room Catherine realized that Eddie's death did something to her. It made her wonder, "Is Lindsey really 'our' daughter?" She doesn't know why, but she just has this hunch. "Oh crap," she thought. "I already used the DNA Lab to establish my own paternaty, fine, if I get caught and have to pay I will."

So she exited the locker room and climbed into her Tahoe, but not after checking that she had a swab in her purse. When reaching her house, she climbed out of the Tahoe and figured she'd get a few hours of sleep before her wonderful daughter came home.

"Mom, I'm home!" Lindsey shouted as she entered the door. "Hey, Honey," Catherine replied. "How about I make you a snack?" "Mmmmm, sounds great." Opening the refrigearoter she pulled out an apple and the peanut butter and arranged them on a plate. "Hey, Linds?" "Yeah?" "Before you start eating can you do something for me?" "Sure, what do you need me to do?" "Could you just open your mouth and let me swab it?" "Sure." she replied.

With that Catherine put the swab in her purse and went back to Lindsey who had already started on her homework. "Need any help?" Catherine asked. "Actually yeah," Lindsey replied. "Oh, OK. What do you need help on?" Catherine wondered out loud. "Fingerprints."was what Lindsey said. "All Right!" Catherine thought to herself,"Something I actually know!'" "OK, what about them?" she finally said out loud. "Is it true that everyone has different prints?" " Of course, that's a major factor in forensics. Every CSI carries a jar of fingerprint powder in their field kit. Grissom even invented his own, special blend. He calls it Red Creeper."

"Cool! Could I bring you in for my science project? You could bring some of Grissom's stuff and show the class how it works!" "That would be cool. When is it?" "Friday." Glancing over at the calendar she realized it was Tuesday. She could talk to Cavallo and get the day off. "Well I would have to talk to my boss and get the day off." she told her daughter. "You mean Grissom?" Lindsey questioned. "I wish, but no. I have to talk to Cavallo." "Oh, OK."

Lindsey finished off her homework and went to go sit on the couch and watch television while Catherine started dinner. They ate in comfortable silence and then Lindsey went to bed. Catherine showered and got ready for work and headed to the lab a little earlier so she could talk to Cavallo. When she reached the lab nobody from night shift was there yet so she was there in no time. She knocked. "Come in," came through the wood and she entered.

"Oh, Hello Catherine. What can I do for you?" "Hello Robert. Umm. I was wondering, could I have an extra vacation day? On Friday?" "Sure, if one of the others will fill in for you." "Thank you." "Bye-bye." "Bye."

With that Catherine exited his office and headed for the locker room. There she found Sara clocking in. "Hi, Sara," the blonde greeted with a smile. "Hey," Sara replied back suspiciously. "Um, could you do me a favor?" "Knew it", Sara thought to herself. "Depends on the favor, Cath." "Do you think you could cover for me on Friday?" "YES!" "Oh, THANK YOU!" They gave each other a brief hug and exited the room.

Now it was time for the DNA test. Catherine walked over to the lab and put on a coat. She entered the swab and waited. Soon enough, the results showed on the computer. Both said complience. "Someone in the lab is Lindsey's father!" She clicked on the female donor. Of course it was her. Did she really want to click on the male donor? "Here goes nothing." She clicked on it and fell of her chair. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She wasn't. "Grissom! Crap,crap,crap!" "Well, I have to tell him."

So Cath exited the DNA lab and headed for Grissom's office. There he was, talking to his turantula. "Hi Gil." "Oh, Hi Catherine." "Gil, we need to talk." "O.K. Sit down." "Listen, Do you want the surprising news or the help me news.?" "Let's go with the help me news first." "O.K. Could I borrow a jar of Red Creeper?" "Cath, you know I don't just give jars away." "Yeah, I know. But Lindsey is doing a science project on fingerprints and she wants to know if she can use some."

"Well, O.K." He walked over to one of his shelves and handed a jar to Catherine. "Oh, Thank You! Lindsey will be so happy." "Now, what was the surprising news?" Catherine exhaled deeply and said,"I'm going to give you three clues, and you are going to piece together the puzzle without screaming at the end O.K.?" "O.K." "Clue number one, Eddie's not Lindsey's father. Clue number two, it is someone in this lab. Clue number three, do you remember that really rough child abuse case and afterwards we got drunk?"

Grissom opened his mouth to yell but Catherine quickly jumped up and clamped her hand on his mouth. Just then, Nick and Warrick walked by the open door. There was Catherine standing behind Grissom with her hand clamped over his mouth and Grissom trying to get free and scream. "Uh, hey," they said in unison. "We are waiting for assignments." Catherine replied for Grissom,"We'll be right there" "O.K." then they walked off.

"Gil what are the assigment pairs?" she took her hand off his mouth and put them around his neck. "Catherine! You just told me I'm Lindsey's father and you expect me to give assignments!" "Listen to me, pair us together and we'll talk about it in the car. Just stay calm until then." "Let's just do this." So they walked together into the break room finding Sara, Nick and Warrick already there.

"Hey, everybody." "Hey" the group replied. "We've got assignments," Grissom stated. "Sara, Nick, and Warrick have a D.B. at the Rampart, Catherine your with me at a possible suicide at the Tangeirs." With that Warrick, Nick and Sara filed out of the room but stopping when Nick pulled them back to the window. "Hold on you guys. I have to hear something. Meet you in the Tahoe." So Warrick and Sara headed to the parking lot.

Not realizing Nick was listening, Catherine questioned, "Grissom, what do we do about...this." "Well what are you looking at me for?" "Look, right now the only question I'm wondering is should we tell Lindsey?" "Well, we can't talk about this here. Grab your kit and let's go to the Tangeirs." Catherine and Grissom filed out of the breakroom and headed towards their Tahoe. It was then that they realized that Sara and Warrick were just sitting in their Tahoe waiting.

"What are they doing?" Catherine questioned. "Let's go find out," Grissom stated. So the team walked over and questioned,"What are you guys doing?" Warrick opened his mouth to say something but knowing Warrick, Sara clamped her hand over his mouth and replied, "We're, uh, waiting for Nick." "O.K." they stated and headed towards their car. "Think they know something?" "Let's hope not." They climbed into the car and headed off.

Nick came jogging out of the building and jumped into the backseat. With him here, Warrick put the car in motion and Sara asked,"What where you doing? Your running late and Cath and Griss just asked us what we were doing, of course we said waiting for you." "Did they say anything else or did you say anything else?" "No. Man, Nick what's going on?" "Griss and Catherine have a secret, and we have to figure it out." "What are you talking about?" Warrick asked? "Warrck, man , you were there when Catherine was trying to shut Grissom up." "Yeah, well Catherine and Grissom are friends." "Yeah but I know it's a problem."

"OK, How?" Warrick questioned. "When I stayed back I found out this. Catherine and Grissom aren't fighting.They aren't sure about something and it has to do with Lindsey. And obviously they dont want us to know." "Look, we are trained investigators, Sara stated."we will find out soon enough, but after we finish this case OK?" "OK"

Back in the other Tahoe, Catherine asked,"Griss, do we tell the team?" "Look, I'm trying to repair my friendship with Sara. Don't say it. Anyway, if she thinks you and me were ever...involved, then she will never trust me...ever...again. AND she will probably I am still sleeping with you and she will think that is the reason I turned her down so many times. " "I agree, and Sara already hates my guts and if she finds out, she will hate me even more." "OK. Now we have a case and we can't talk about this infront of Brass."

Both teams finished their cases in record time and met back at the evidence vault. Well, they didn't actually meet, Nick, Warrick and Sara ducted behing the shelves and heard this,"Look, Gil, we don't have to tell the team, because it's none of their business, but we have to tell Lindsey."